[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch16z1:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch16","Louis III and Carloman II: Two Kings Facing the Vikings (879–884)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch16z1","880: The Treaty of Ribemont","\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Treaty of Ribemont (880)\u003C/strong> comes as West Francia tries to stabilise after 879. It mainly concerns \u003Cstrong>Lotharingia\u003C/strong>, the border space born from Middle Francia and contested since Verdun.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧭 A clearer frontier between West and East\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The treaty confirms a partition that reinforces separation between:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>West Francia (the realm of western kings),\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>East Francia (the eastern realm).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>In practice, it helps fix durable markers: Lotharingia becomes less “negotiable” and more firmly anchored in the eastern sphere.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🇫🇷 Why it matters for the history of France\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>By reducing ambiguity in the East, West Francia recentres. The kingdom tends to define itself less through imperial inheritance and more through internal balances (great men, counts, defence against Vikings).\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Ribemont (880) stabilises a major stake: Lotharingia.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The treaty strengthens political separation between Carolingian West and East.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>West Francia consolidates, but at the price of territorial recentring.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The Treaty of Ribemont (880) comes as West Francia tries to stabilise after 879. It mainly concerns Lotharingia , the border space born from Middle Francia and",1778543121755]